The Metaphysics of “No Private Thoughts”

In our Living Miracles community, we practice two fundamental guidelines that were given to David by Jesus for the purpose of helping the mind awaken: No private thoughts and no people pleasing. In A Course in Miracles, Jesus actually says that although we believe we each have private thoughts of our own, in truth we do not (see below for some references in the Course). This community guideline is therefore a helpful means of learning this. By being willing to expose and not protect our private thoughts from each other, they lose power to keep us feeling personally guilty. In truth, private thoughts are meaningless thoughts invented by the ego. When they are seen as such in the Light of awareness, they simply dissolve into the nothingness from which they came.

David discusses the metaphysics of this no private thoughts idea in the video below. Below the video you will find clickable references to relevant sections of the Course in case you’d like a more thorough understanding.



ACIM References to No Private Thoughts:

How Should One View the Course in Relation to the Bible?

Question for David:

Is it accurate to think of the Course as a reinterpretation of the Bible?

David’s Answer:

Yes, I think it is important to see that everything in form can be used by the Holy Spirit or the ego. The Holy Spirit has used the Bible for centuries to lead to the Kingdom of Heaven within, and there have been many saints and mystics who have followed that path. The Course is another tool now, but you will find in it what you want to find in it.

Some people take the Course and throw it in the river. Some flush it down the toilet—there are many such stories I have heard. One woman was so angry with the Course that she tore out the pages one by one and threw them in the trash. A Course in Miracles is very direct, and the ego is very frightened of such a book. But it is important to realize again, that all form is neutral. It is the desire of the heart that brings salvation.

The ego is frightened of the Holy Spirit. There is a line in A Course in Miracles that says that the ego “enjoys studying itself.” So the Course is meant to be a tool that leads to the experience of Christ, just as the Bible was meant to lead to the experience of Christ. Just as 2,000 years ago with the scribes and the Pharisees who focused on the form but missed the spirit, you do not want to fall into that trap. Do not make A Course in Miracles special. It is just a tool to help you go within.

The ego is the voice of comparison. The ego may attempt to compare the Course with the Bible, as if one is better than the other. Form is neutral. You will find in the Course or the Bible what you are looking for. The ego always finds sacrifice and punishment and penance and uses the symbols of the world to teach its thought system. The Course was written in such a way to make it easier to avoid these traps.

So, if you have willingness, you can reach the experience to which the Course points.

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